• NFT sales declined by 5.76% in April compared to March figures.
• Ethereum-based NFTs dominated the market, accounting for $485 million in trades.
• Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) emerged as the leader with $45.10 million in sales.
Declining NFT Sales
NFT sales have declined by 5.76% over the past 30 days, according to the latest NFT sale statistics. The data reveals that the sales figure stood at $732.13 million in April, which is lower than the $776.88 million recorded in March and down from record-breaking numbers seen earlier this year in January and February 2023.
Ethereum’s Dominance
Out of this amount, Ethereum-based NFT sales dominated the market, accounting for $485 million in trades during April; however, Ethereum NFT sales declined by 19% compared to March figures. Meanwhile, Solana-based NFT sales recorded $88.16 million during April; Polygon saw a surge in its own NFT sales by 22.75%. Arbitrum was also among the top six blockchains with most NFT sales last month and its own sales spiked by 78.35%, amounting to $10.29 million over 30 days period of time .
BAYC Leads Collections
In terms of collections, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) led with its own figures standing at $45.10 million from April’s sale stats; Azuki held second spot with $21.91 followed by Nakamigos ($15m), Mutant Ape Yacht Club ($9m), and Mad Lads ($3m). Sandbox’s Land #21,221 emerged as the top-selling individual item with a sale price of $1.256 million approximately 20 days ago while Maverick Position #386 fetched $1M 16 days ago making it second on list respectively; Azuki #3,628 secured third spot on same list selling for around 626K 18 days ago followed by Azuki #5172 selling around 458K; CryptoPunk #3,990 sold for 444K 24 days ago marking fifth most expensive sale last month according to nftpricefloor’s report .
2023 Record Breaking Start
NFT Sales surpassed over billion dollars both January and February 2023 but their respective records failed to be broken following declining numbers witnessed all consecutive months after that point up until present day while cryptoslam’s latest data presents current state of market accurately depicting trend of downwards spiral regarding respective currency .
Highest Floor Value
As of Sunday 30th April 2023 , nftpricefloor reports Cryptopunks having highest floor value currently standing at 49e Ether just below it being Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) having 48e Ether respectively ; other collections include Cryptokeys , Decentraland , NBA Top Shot plus more .